diff --git a/bin/ci/requirements-lava.txt b/bin/ci/requirements-lava.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3bb33351986
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/ci/requirements-lava.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+filelock==3.*
+fire==0.5.0
+lavacli==2.2.0
diff --git a/bin/ci/requirements.txt b/bin/ci/requirements.txt
index 931bcec4cc5..dd4ad6b210f 100644
--- a/bin/ci/requirements.txt
+++ b/bin/ci/requirements.txt
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 # If you change these requirements, and you need these packages
 # to be available in the debian/x86_64_pyutils container
 # then bump the DEBIAN_PYUTILS_TAG
+-r requirements-lava.txt
 PyYAML==6.*
 colorama==0.4.*
 filecache==0.81
-filelock==3.*
-fire==0.5.0
 flake8==7.*
 gql==3.*
 kaleido==0.2.*
-lavacli==2.2.0
 pandas==2.*
 plotly==5.*
 python-dateutil==2.*